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Johns Hopkins Reaches Settlement with Registered Nurses Affirming Nurses’ Guaranteed Right to Unionize

Nurses at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore are hailing as a critical victory a settlement reached with the hospital which reaffirms the nurses’ guaranteed legal right to unionize, said the National Nurses Organizing Committee.

National Nurses United / NNOC
June 5, 2019

Nurses at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles

Nurses at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles Reach Tentative Agreement on Three-Year Contract

Registered nurses at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, Calif. have reached a tentative agreement on a new collective bargaining contract with the hospital, announced California Nurses Association (CNA) today.

National Nurses United
June 3, 2019

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RNs to Provide Medical Care to Asylum Seekers As Feds Reveal More Child Deaths in U.S. Custody

Registered nurses with the Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN) will return to Tucson, Ariz. this weekend to provide critical medical aid to asylum seekers. RNRN, a disaster-relief project of the California Nurses Foundation and National Nurses United.

RN Response Network
May 31, 2019

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Florida RNs Put Patients First

Nurses to Hold Pickets at Tenet Hospitals, Florida Medical Center in Lauderdale Lakes, and Palmetto General Hospital in Hialeah

Registered nurses at Tenet hospitals, Florida Medical Center in Lauderdale Lakes, and Palmetto General Hospital in Hialeah, will hold informational pickets May 28, urging management to invest in nursing staff.

National Nurses United / NNOC
May 28, 2019

Nurses picketing

Nurses Plan Rally in El Paso Urging Tenet-Affiliated Hospitals of Providence, Sierra and Memorial Campuses to Invest in RN Staff and Patient Care

Registered nurses will hold a rally May 28 in El Paso urging the Tenet-affiliated Hospitals of Providence, Sierra andMemorial Campuses, to invest in nursing staff. 

National Nurses Organizing Committee
May 28, 2019

Nurses arm in arm

Nurses at Tenet-Affiliated, St. Joseph’s and St. Mary’s Hospitals in Tucson, Intend to Hold Pickets May 28

Registered nurses at Tenet-affiliated, St. Joseph’s, and St. Mary’s Hospitals in Tucson, intend to hold informational pickets May 28 urging management to invest in nursing staff.

National Nurses Organizing Committee
May 28, 2019

Nurses picketing

Nurses Hold Pickets at Tenet Hospitals in Arizona, California, and Florida Nurses Rally in El Paso, Texas

Registered nurses at 12 Tenet hospitals in Arizona, California, and Florida, will hold informational pickets May 28, urging management to invest in nursing staff.

National Nurses United
May 28, 2019

RNRN volunteer Jessica Rose provides care to a child

RNs to Provide Medical Care to Asylum Seekers As Feds Reveal More Child Deaths in U.S. Custody

Registered nurses with the Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN) will return to Tucson, Ariz. this weekend to provide critical medical aid to asylum seekers.

National Nurses United / RNRN
May 24, 2019

Nurses picketing

Nurses to Hold Pickets at Tenet Hospitals Throughout California

Registered nurses at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs and Hi-Desert Medical Center in Joshua Tree intend to hold pickets on May 28, urging management to invest in nursing staff.

California Nurses Association
May 24, 2019

Robin Hood Tax Act

RNs Applaud Reintroduction of Robin Hood Tax Act to Raise Money for Education, Health Care, and Vital Social Programs

National Nurses United applauds today’s reintroduction of the Inclusive Prosperity Act by Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Barbara Lee. This important legislation would raise an estimated $220 billion dollars a year to fund critical social programs.

National Nurses United
May 22, 2019